A curious fact: around the time of the occupation, German troops killed the last herd of Père David's deer, deemed a mytical creature in China (四不象) and exclusive property of the Emperor. It was also the last member of the genus "Elaphurus". But an English nobleman named Herbrand Russell succesfully bought every specimen ever sent out as a gift by the Chinese nobles, or sold to a zoo, and was able to save the species. At their lowest point, there were only 1 male and 2 females; with time they began to reproduce and a small herd was donated to China. Now its kept on the Dafeng Reservoir.
I knew an English lady whose great uncle was in the British army and was in the expedition to relieve the legations. He was not rich originally but strangely after coming home from the war he was quite rich. The Russians and Germans were not the only looters.
….If he engaged in looting, he is extremely fortunate that he wasn’t caught….The British Army had a well-earned reputation for “0” tolerance for looting-and punishments were usually severe….
@@artemplatov1982 I didn’t say that it never happened-just that the British Army was the LAST armed forces in the world you would want to be a member of if you were a looter. (My MA was in Nineteenth-Century British Military history-and just skimming through a few volumes of their published Court Martial records during that century made for hair-raising reading. IF they caught you, you WOULD pay an unimaginably heavy price)….
Fun fact: During the time of the Boxer Rebellion, chinese writer Liu E (劉鶚) wrote the satirical novel 'Travels of Lao Can' in which he describes the rise of the Boxers in the countryside, the decay of the Yellow River control system, and the hypocritical incompetence of the bureaucracy. Its social satire showed the limits of the old elite and officialdom and gave an in-depth look into everyday life in the countryside in the late Qing period
The rational Chinese generals in the south should have taken over the government. It's clear the corrupt and obsolete Qing Dynasty could not govern. The Boxers were on the wrong side also. They believed in mystical nonsense. That is what got China into this mess in the first place. They invented gunpowder and were entirely depending on the import of firearms. It's a disgrace. They turned their back on science and chose to believe in mystical nonsense.
@@KenjaTimu China did not turn back on science. Science came from the West. China had a time learning science from the West. China was influenced by Confucian philosophy that is not a science.
@@oscarchute6040China invented more scientific instruments than the whole of Europe combined! You must've attended a very biased school and gained fake knowledge
Its The Empress Dowager who destroys Qing dynasty . She made really weak decisions that led to the overthrown of the Chinese Emperors . However , this video is a world class history documentary .
The revolutions resulted in Communist China which I think would be a good thing since China would stop losing a ton of things and it would allow mass production of weapons to fight against opposing people and it would increase the strength of China
@@destroyer8596 if you think that the 50 years of anarchy following the collapse of the Qing was a good thing, or that Maoist China was a desirable improvement you're insane. Also living standards in the concessions were much better than in the rest of China.
Wow it’s absolutely enjoyable to listen. This gentleman truly knows how to narrate a story plus correct pronunciation in every language. Brilliantly done. Superb.
The situation on the Russian border (including the 庚子俄难) is an often overlooked part of the conflict, so it is great that you included it here. It is recorded that the expulsion of the Chinese actually caused great hardship for the Russians living in the area, as previously it had been the Chinese that provided most of the food for the settlements. In a future video you could focus on the extended contest between Tsarist Russia and the Qing for the region, exploring how it was traded back and forth in the Treaty of Nerchinsk and the Treaty of Aigun, and the harsh experiences of both the Chinese and Russian subjects who lived there.
Just subscribed, being British and born quite a few years ago, I was brought up to believe that everything we did during empire days was honest and just. Obviously we know better now and are aware of abuses etc that were committed. We were never taught about the opium wars and the Boxer rebellion, the first I heard of it was when the movie was released. Thank you for giving such a detailed and non-judgemental account enabling us to arrive at our own conclusions. I have long been fascinated with China, it has along and interesting history of which most westerners are completely ignorant.
@@jboydayz REALLY??? 😂 So if Chinese troops were in your country occupying your cities and their Government officials and Troops daily humiliated your Government, Country, Culture, Traditions and your People.... you wouldn't rise up and fight?? The Chinese were the aggressors if you only look at the small picture. If you look at the BIG picture it was the Europeans who were the aggressors. The Chinese were pushed to these actions sadly today we are still feeling the results as in America we have an opiate crisis largely supplied by Chinese drug dealers who the Chinese government won't suppress because they see the current crisis in America as revenge for the Opiate wars sadly something we Americans had nothing to do with.
Russia : phew that was hard , anyways thanks Japan. Couldn't have done it without your help Japan : Nah its fine , we should help each other in times like these also them two years later : WAR !!!!!
@@gorilladisco9108 Yes the Russians and Japanese went to war a couple years after this and then during the great war they were actually on the same side against Germany et al.
Then in 1918 Japan: hey Russia I know we’ve had our differences but it looks like y’all got a communist problem going on we’ll help you guys out a bit. We hate the communist more than we hate you.
Excellent documentary. I've literally been waiting for an expansive documentary on The Boxer Rebellion, so thank you. * "55 Days At Peking" is a personal favorite guilty pleasure, but yeah, the German minister being innocently cut down in the street by a mob of sword-wielding Boxers is totally baloney. :-) I'm so glad you included the clip that clears that up!
I was thinking your Chinese pronunciation was top-notch (I lived in HK a few years and my wife speaks chinese), you are very probably English native but then I heard you pronounced the name of Monseigneur Favier and I was like 😲. You did it better than me (and I'm french). Your video is excellent by the way, I just went out of the 4 hours (Opium wars to the boxers) with Mark Felton (excellent, Mark lived and worked in Shanghai so he knows what he is speaking about), your story is historically faithful, very much in line!
@@colynnburrell773 : The Qing ( Manchu) Dynasty was in control of China since the fall of the Ming Dynasty in 1644. The Qing fell in 1912 when the Republic of China overthrew the Qing Dynasty.
Fascinating documentary, I had little idea that China was so overrun by foreign powers, the 8 nation alliance and the like, it's like almost every European nation and America and Russia just piled in and took whatever they could lay their hands on. Of course, the foreign powers would describe themselves as 'trading nations' but it's impossible to imagine this set of circumstances prevailing if the positions were reversed.
It's the Qing Dynasty's fault for being so weak. A handful of foreign troops overpowered them. Disgraceful. China invented gunpowder and they had to import guns from foreign nations. This is what happens when you turn your back on science and believe in mystical nonsense.
China had only themselves to blame. The Europeans great powers contacted them a century before Japan. Yet they scoffed at the changing wind and failed to modernize while Japan one century later shook by Perry's bombardment of Tokyo harbor, it only took them several decades to achieve a comparable level of Europe modernization. While Europe still underestimated Japan (looking at Russian Empire), everybody had to think twice before challenged them for war (Every body, Russian. Every! Body!) China in the 19th century was like Taliban today, progressing backward.
@@SerBallister They will turn blind eyes. Look at the Jakarta Gangrape of 1998. China didn't lift any finger. They sent only one factfinding delegation who just parroting Indonesian government denial and coverups.
This channel deserves far more subscribers than it has. It's great to see such undercovered topics having quality videos made about them. Keep up the good work!
20:39 Boxers on Trial: there is a picture of a Chinese man in sunglasses. That is very rare to see in a picture from the earliest 1900s. They almost look fake because it seems so weird in a black and white photo lol. Awesome 2 part video on the Boxer Rebellion 👍
@@History_of_China Hey. Could you do more Three Kingdoms videos in future? Personally,however, for starters, instead of about of the big shots like Guan Yu or Lu Bu, I'd like to see episodes about some lesser know characters like Xu Chu, Huang Zhong and Zhang Jue
Wow an all women’s boxer group, very cool! Your research is outstanding! I can see why China today feels the need to defend itself against western countries. To be bullied constantly and give in to every demand is not only humiliating but also exhausting. I can’t imagine living in China in the 1800s-WW2. The citizens really felt the brunt of what was happening.
No issue if China would want to become stronger and wealthier. It's the country's right to do so. But... I am against China's policy of forcefully taking contested territories by the use of force, bullying weaker surrounding countries, and dumping their people's poop on the sea floor loaded on big ships actively destroying the marine life on that location. That's just barbaric!
@@omathitis8498 yeah I agree, but the US is no different in that regard. We do impose our will on other countries as well. There is a long list of dirty deeds that the US has done, but then again most governments have evil secrets.
China didn't and don't want to follow rules and conducts between sovereign nations. It will be only time before another hard lessons will be dictated to them.
Your content and story are amazing. It's educational and entertainment. It's better than learnning in the class or take Online education. Keep up the good work. Smart producer speak excellent Eng.
On July 1962 in Quicksand, Adams County, Illinois, I and my 2 brothers and my sister went to the local movie theater to see “ 55 days of Peking” in true historical story of Boxers Rebellion in Peking, China as I barely was 10 years old.
Such a great humiliation event to the Manchus. Rong Lu sounds like a traitor. Cixi was too busy protecting her self interest than the nation. No wonder people attributed the fall of the Qing to her...how sad.
What an excellent two part series. It is quite remarkable that the Chinese tolerated the imposed presence of foreign powers for so long. I'm not a Mandarin speaker, but I enjoyed your (I expect) proper pronunciation go Chinese names and places. May I ask your nationality? I'm guessing British-educated Hong Kong Chinese.
so basically a pre ww1 scenario except all those nations would be allies in the land they set theme selfs in and may have paved the way for those future battles
Saint Anna wang was a 14 year-old Chinese Christian girl who did not abandoned her faith. She was seen comforting the other folks who were about to be executed by singing hymns and telling them how glorious the kingdom of heaven more numerous and glittering than the stars above. Her last words she uttered hailing Christ the Lord of all lords and prayed for her people and those who will follow the example of Christ. She was martyred by the papacy eighty years later.
“….Particularly barbaric behaviour was observed by Russian, German & Japanese troops”… And 40 yrs later, those exact three would commit (by far) the greatest # of war crimes….
As an overseas chinese, I've read about the Boxer Rebellion but never as detailed as these part 1 & 2 combined, thanks for your hard works. Although initially, the utra nationalists only had spears and swords, they must have accumulated much firearms to have fought so long and hard and it's not humiliating that they lost in the end to the multi-nations assaults as they did win many rounds of fights too against the well equiped foreigners
I still find it so bizarre that these nations, that would destroyed each other in just a few years, worked together. I guess Imperialism, not love, conquers all
China has had a pretty consistent history of imperialism and xenophobia towards foreign influence and religion, and will happily massacre any non Han or anyone who believes a foreign religion like Islam or Christianity. The US also has a track record of imperialism when it comes to protecting and extending their trading empire. Russia too has a rather long history of preemptively crushing potential threats and attacking people with warm water ports they can use (poland, Ukraine, china). A good book about why alot of these countries behave the way they do id the book "prisoners of geography" by Tim Marshal
@@arthas640 you are talking nonsense. A troop of the boxer rebellion were Chinese Muslims as said in the video. BTW, Han Chinese is composed of different peoples who practice the same culture. It's not a race per se.
@@weishi9804 They didnt enforce state religion. China already had Christians in the country and the British were the only ones to gain a concession allowing missionaries. The missionaries too werent from a "State Religion", the Brits did send some Anglican missionaries but there were Catholics and quite a few other protestant sects and even the Anglicans later pushed for local rather than foreign controlled churches in China. By the time of the Xinhai Revolution many of the Churches were locally run, even many evangelicals realized pretty quickly that China was too large and too different culturally to be converted or lead by foreign churches which is why even the Catholics appointed local bishops and today the PRC selects its own bishops and a majority of the churches are native rather than foreign. By the time Europeans started conquering China and enforcing unequal treaties the governments were increasingly secular and after seeing things like the opposition prior to the first Opium War and resistance to legalize missionaries then, and later the Taiping rebellion and massacres and riots aimed at Christian churches made governments hesitant to try and enforce religion in China. The Europeans were able to enforce religion in parts of Africa but had far less luck in Asia and saw it backfire routinely in the form of resentment, riots, or even rebellions so it was never a serious goal. The much stronger Muslim presence in China, China's long history of state control/regulation of religion, strongly opposing ethics, and xenophobia all made it difficult to make any headway and even before the Chinese Civil War and take over of China by the communists Christianity was a small minority distrusted by many Chinese and the churches were so diverse, scattered, and largely natively run that even if the Churches were established as European agents to control China they wouldnt even be able to influence a single city much less the country. Sun Yat-sen is one of the only Chinese Christians to ever gain much power and even he was strongly opposed to foreign rule of China.
@@arthas640 For Chinese, all those are Cross bearing zealots. They might not be state religion, they were so much worse. Boxer were developed within German Regions due to German policy (who replaced their earthly father/Village older with Father of heaven at gun point, and renovate local shrine to Church with big Cross by force.), the Boxer later expand toward Beijing.
This actually pointed out that the Russian gains in Manchuria were a direct factor in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904/05. Russian moves to move south and toward Japan earlier were as big an issue as Japanese dreams of empire.
Three future British Admirals of the Fleet served in the relief force Jellicoe and Betty who commanded the Royal Navy at the Battle of Jutland in WW1; and Admiral Keyes who led the Conservative members of the House of Commons attack on the Chamberlain Government in the Norway Debate 7th May, 1940.
as expected of the 2 (of three) catholic nations in the alliance, the french and italians defending the rights of catholics and cathedrals regardless of nation or ethnicity!
Ty for the well researched and informative video. I have still yet to check out your other videos, but wholeheartedly look forward to doing so. When I first saw this was a video dedicated to the history of China, I was fearful the videos narrative would be skewed in favour of the Chinese, but I am happy to see this is a channel dedicated purely to the facts. At the end of the day, both sides darn goofed and it goes to show a progressive mentality can be extremely beneficial. Just Imagine how China could be today had they changed their way of thinking such as the Japanese some 2 decades prior to take advantage of everything the foreign powers had to offer.
@@jhonviel7381 lmao no. Have a quick looksy over the other side of the world at South Africa. In the 1st Boer war the Boers won. Then the British returned with troops in the 10s of thousands. They won and held onto it until giving it independence in the past century. Now let's have a think what would have happened had the boxers won and what China would look like today because of it huh...
@@idealicfool ...No country actually wins their independence after so long. They just put the right puppets in charge so they can keep control, while telling the masses they are now independent.
On another note. What a great video. I think it would be very interesting if you went a bit into depth about the New Policies that began after the Boxer Uprising. I highly recommend the book China: How the empire fell. It was edited by Joseph W Esherick. It's a bit difficult to get your hands on but I know a way to get it, for free.
Timely video for me.....just began reading the book "The Siege at Peking" by Peter Fleming.....which so far seems a tad "commercial" so I'm glad you listed reference books. Am interested in any books on the forces/weaponry employed by the combatants. Read your response to a question in the comments where you stated the Qing would have been defeated by the western powers had they fought on. Personally I think while that's certainly a possibility.....I'm not sure it's a done deal. Seems the Empress kind of caved in to the idea it was hopeless to continue fighting and decided to hang on to power at any cost. Had she remained resolute in resisting foreign domination I'm wondering what kind of forces did she control or have the potential to acquire. Just seems that with such a large country ......so immensely populated and if largely motivated to hate and drive the foreigners out.....things would have been a bit sticky for the western powers to say the least. All their forces would have to be supplied from no short distance at best. Given the right or at least decent generalship/organization....and using the right tactics I'm thinking the Chinese could have made things a ongoing living hell for the western powers. I'm brainstorming doing a wargame on the subject and of coarse want to do it as realistically as possible......with all aspects.....i,e.....logistics....resources etc. Will the books you mentioned help me towards that goal? Great video's here....feel I really lucked up finding your channel.....I'll be immersed here for some time to come at least.
Hi, thanks a lot! Sorry for the late response, the references I put will definitely help somewhat on your project, but finding information of logistics and resources for the Qing/Boxer side will definitely be harder. I'd also be careful about using chinese sources from that period and from today alike, since there is still a lot of ideology involving the portrayal of this conflict. In anycase I like the idea of your poject! Thanks for following :)
@@History_of_China No prob......not late .....thanks for responding......I'm sure your a lot busier than me.......I agree about sources......I don't really trust any much........unless there backed up by other writers and preferably similar to the "other sides" version. Stay Safe and Healthy SM
Hey, I just wanna give suggestion that if you could do a military equipment video of Qing army in the 1700’s that would be great! Not many really know what they wear or use so giving us some info on it would be great :)
If it’s any consolation, my family left Germany in disgust of Emperor Wilhelm II in 1873 after centuries of loyal service to the Hessian tribe and subsequent kingdoms. We had no part in German oppression of the Chinese, Jews or any other colonial group.
@@erica8332 After the Boxer rebellion, German troops were very abusive to the Chinese. Even the Kaiser approved of their behavior to “etch in the Chinese mind” not to mess with Germans.
Are there any records of the Chinese apologetic delegation to Germany? It would be quite interesting to read about the experience of highranking Chinese officials seeing for the first time the lands of the by them assumed "barbarians" with their own eyes. With Germany being an at the time rather recently completely modernized young nation that had itself, by its own popular perception of the time, just awoken from a millennia lasting slumber of perceived security and invincibility from the outside world, similar to the conservative Chinese sentiments about their own place in the world, it would be quite interesting to read about their experiences and thoughts
There must be historical records of the event, though I'm not to sure on where to find them. However, here's an article that talks about the diplomatic mission (at page 35) www.gcpd.de/publication/wuli03/meng.pdf
One thing thats intriguing for me is how 🇯🇵 managed to place itself as the only Asian country in the sea of European/US powers against the purportedly Asian Big Bro
Korea was occupied by Japan, India and Burma by the British, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia by the French, Indonesia by the Dutch and Thailand/Siam were quite isolationist and had few commercial or diplomatic interests in China, unlike Japan. So Japan was the only Asian country taking part.
Just a question, the Wuwei Corps (The army that escorted the Imperial court to Xi'an) were they the most moderenized army of the Qing at that time? Or did Yuan Shikai command the most modern army at that time? Do you think the Qing would have been able to defeat or at least create a stalemate in the war with the help of the Wuwei Corps and Yuan Shikai's army?
Yuan Shikai's army was technically part of the Wuwei corps. But they were probably the best trained/equipped of the time, as Yuan was constantly drilling them and investing in the force. Had Yuan Shikai fought against the 8 nation-alliance, they certainly would have struggled much more, but the Qing would have eventually be defeated by the alliance's reinforcements nonetheless. Yuan however maintained good relations with the West, especially the Germans and British, as they could give him and his army influence from Jiazhou and Weihaiwei, respectively.
Can we appreciate how absolutely polished this guy's pronunciations are? I can't tell whether he's German, Chinese or French. Splendid job!
Thank you! I'm half of one of those ;)
@@History_of_China I bet German
@@Imprenq nag definitely Chinese. Possibly Australian
*Chinese & British?...
(definitely part/half-Chinese)
He’s French with an English Mother.
A curious fact: around the time of the occupation, German troops killed the last herd of Père David's deer, deemed a mytical creature in China (四不象) and exclusive property of the Emperor. It was also the last member of the genus "Elaphurus". But an English nobleman named Herbrand Russell succesfully bought every specimen ever sent out as a gift by the Chinese nobles, or sold to a zoo, and was able to save the species. At their lowest point, there were only 1 male and 2 females; with time they began to reproduce and a small herd was donated to China. Now its kept on the Dafeng Reservoir.
Wow! That's so interesting, and I probably never would have known about it if not for your comment. Thanks for that!
@Stellvia Hoenheim Zoos exist for a reason. Plus it’s the 21st century, join us from the 19th!
@Stellvia Hoenheim I'm sorry your wife doesn't love you anymore but taking it out on some RUclips commenter isn't the way to go about it cheif.
Ah those Brits, killing humans but saving deer, go figure... : )
@@rosesprog1722 go figure eh?
I knew an English lady whose great uncle was in the British army and was in the expedition to relieve the legations. He was not rich originally but strangely after coming home from the war he was quite rich. The Russians and Germans were not the only looters.
….If he engaged in looting, he is extremely fortunate that he wasn’t caught….The British Army had a well-earned reputation for “0” tolerance for looting-and punishments were usually severe….
Must be a small diamond and gold
@@Shineon83tell that to the British museum
@@artemplatov1982 I didn’t say that it never happened-just that the British Army was the LAST armed forces in the world you would want to be a member of if you were a looter. (My MA was in Nineteenth-Century British Military history-and just skimming through a few volumes of their published Court Martial records during that century made for hair-raising reading. IF they caught you, you WOULD pay an unimaginably heavy price)….
@@artemplatov1982read the reply to you.
Fun fact:
During the time of the Boxer Rebellion, chinese writer Liu E (劉鶚) wrote the satirical novel 'Travels of Lao Can' in which he describes the rise of the Boxers in the countryside, the decay of the Yellow River control system, and the hypocritical incompetence of the bureaucracy. Its social satire showed the limits of the old elite and officialdom and gave an in-depth look into everyday life in the countryside in the late Qing period
The rational Chinese generals in the south should have taken over the government. It's clear the corrupt and obsolete Qing Dynasty could not govern. The Boxers were on the wrong side also. They believed in mystical nonsense. That is what got China into this mess in the first place. They invented gunpowder and were entirely depending on the import of firearms. It's a disgrace. They turned their back on science and chose to believe in mystical nonsense.
@@KenjaTimu China did not turn back on science. Science came from the West. China had a time learning science from the West. China was influenced by Confucian philosophy that is not a science.
@@oscarchute6040China invented more scientific instruments than the whole of Europe combined! You must've attended a very biased school and gained fake knowledge
Its The Empress Dowager who destroys Qing dynasty . She made really weak decisions that led to the overthrown of the Chinese Emperors . However , this video is a world class history documentary .
One thing history always tells us is to never let a woman led a society
I mean it was still better that the area of China was not controlled heavily by foreigners or else it would be a super different place.
The revolutions resulted in Communist China which I think would be a good thing since China would stop losing a ton of things and it would allow mass production of weapons to fight against opposing people and it would increase the strength of China
@@destroyer8596 if you think that the 50 years of anarchy following the collapse of the Qing was a good thing, or that Maoist China was a desirable improvement you're insane. Also living standards in the concessions were much better than in the rest of China.
@@jeremiahblake3949 抱歉，中国人不同于印度人我们没有做奴隶的习惯。也许欧洲白人能把做奴隶这件事做的更好，只有奴隶能发明奴隶制。
Wow it’s absolutely enjoyable to listen. This gentleman truly knows how to narrate a story plus correct pronunciation in every language. Brilliantly done. Superb.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :)
The situation on the Russian border (including the 庚子俄难) is an often overlooked part of the conflict, so it is great that you included it here. It is recorded that the expulsion of the Chinese actually caused great hardship for the Russians living in the area, as previously it had been the Chinese that provided most of the food for the settlements. In a future video you could focus on the extended contest between Tsarist Russia and the Qing for the region, exploring how it was traded back and forth in the Treaty of Nerchinsk and the Treaty of Aigun, and the harsh experiences of both the Chinese and Russian subjects who lived there.
I agree. That would be very interesting! By the way, you also seem to upload very interesting and well made videos about Chinese history. Subbed!
They deported the farmers? Lol.
and to this day chinese farmers rent farms from lazy russian farmers to grow food.
Absolutely the BEST doc on the Boxer Rebellion on RUclips. (Btw, your French pronunciation is flawless:)
People in the west have forgotten this history. I bet it's not been forgotten in China. Truly humiliating.
Just subscribed, being British and born quite a few years ago, I was brought up to believe that everything we did during empire days was honest and just. Obviously we know better now and are aware of abuses etc that were committed. We were never taught about the opium wars and the Boxer rebellion, the first I heard of it was when the movie was released. Thank you for giving such a detailed and non-judgemental account enabling us to arrive at our own conclusions. I have long been fascinated with China, it has along and interesting history of which most westerners are completely ignorant.
I'm glad you enjoyed my video! Providing unbiased as can be facts is my only objective with this channel :)
that’s true, but the chinese were the aggressors
@@jboydayz REALLY??? 😂 So if Chinese troops were in your country occupying your cities and their Government officials and Troops daily humiliated your Government, Country, Culture, Traditions and your People.... you wouldn't rise up and fight?? The Chinese were the aggressors if you only look at the small picture. If you look at the BIG picture it was the Europeans who were the aggressors. The Chinese were pushed to these actions sadly today we are still feeling the results as in America we have an opiate crisis largely supplied by Chinese drug dealers who the Chinese government won't suppress because they see the current crisis in America as revenge for the Opiate wars sadly something we Americans had nothing to do with.
Foreigners occupied your land and the locals are the aggressors?
@@jboydayzwhen guests disrespected the hosts and not only overstayed but also abused their hospitality and tolerance.
Empress Dowager Cixi: the only political leader in modern history to ever declare war on 11 nations at the same time. Not even Hitler dared.
hitler was the recipient of many declarations of war but did declare just a few himself (probably just to the US shortly after Pearl Harbor)
Also every country make peace with her
It happen more than once. The Xiongnu/huns died out in 10 days, and millions more barbarian died in months.
@@wingkeungkong415After defeating her
@@robland3253
China in Korean War: And I FKing did it again.
I never expected this to be one of the most fascinating events in history
This documentary (both parts) is extremely informative! Thank you so much for this!
Thank you ! Glad you liked it
I had never heard of this before. I enjoyed both parts very much and learnt a lot. Thank you for the video
Thanks! I'm glad you did!
These little things like the picture of the boxer treaty with the diplomats and their respective flags make your videos great
Thanks!
Russia : phew that was hard , anyways thanks Japan. Couldn't have done it without your help
Japan : Nah its fine , we should help each other in times like these
also them two years later : WAR !!!!!
All countries literally war each other in WW1.
Greed knows no friends.
@@bunnyfreakz It was a decade before WW1.
@@gorilladisco9108
Yes the Russians and Japanese went to war a couple years after this and then during the great war they were actually on the same side against Germany et al.
Then in 1918
Japan: hey Russia I know we’ve had our differences but it looks like y’all got a communist problem going on we’ll help you guys out a bit. We hate the communist more than we hate you.
I would have to say your video on Chinese history is the best and most interesting to watch overall. Thank you for posting!
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for following :)
Excellent documentary. I've literally been waiting for an expansive documentary on The Boxer Rebellion, so thank you.
* "55 Days At Peking" is a personal favorite guilty pleasure, but yeah, the German minister being innocently cut down in the street by a mob of sword-wielding Boxers is totally baloney. :-) I'm so glad you included the clip that clears that up!
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed :)
@@History_of_China ...When the Boxer Rebellion failed....China was doomed!!!
Thank you for making this interesting series of videos - I just had to subscribe.
Excellent level of detail . Well made vid. Looking forward to your channel growing 😀
Positively amazing. Just found this channel and now it will be my go to for Chinese history. Liked and subscribed.
This channel is criminally undersubbed. AMAZING content sir!!!
Thank you so much!
I was thinking your Chinese pronunciation was top-notch (I lived in HK a few years and my wife speaks chinese), you are very probably English native but then I heard you pronounced the name of Monseigneur Favier and I was like 😲. You did it better than me (and I'm french). Your video is excellent by the way, I just went out of the 4 hours (Opium wars to the boxers) with Mark Felton (excellent, Mark lived and worked in Shanghai so he knows what he is speaking about), your story is historically faithful, very much in line!
Merci beaucoup! I'm glad you enjoy my work :)
He is French with and English Mother.
Well presented and researched, a pleasure to view.
Cheers!
Excellent work my man....much liked and appreciated.
Thank you!
As a Chinese my heart bleeds, but the weak and corrupt Qing had it coming
That wasn't qing dynasty. Qing came after boxers failed
@@colynnburrell773 : The Qing ( Manchu) Dynasty was in control of China since the fall of the Ming Dynasty in 1644. The Qing fell in 1912 when the Republic of China overthrew the Qing Dynasty.
@@colynnburrell773 bruh no
Very good assessment of the situation, and proper treatment of the situation, 55 Days
Great stuff. Really well put together and highly informative.
Thank you!
Fascinating documentary, I had little idea that China was so overrun by foreign powers, the 8 nation alliance and the like, it's like almost every European nation and America and Russia just piled in and took whatever they could lay their hands on. Of course, the foreign powers would describe themselves as 'trading nations' but it's impossible to imagine this set of circumstances prevailing if the positions were reversed.
@Some Weeb I imagine if some other country started something similar in their China towns that China would want to get involved.
It's the Qing Dynasty's fault for being so weak. A handful of foreign troops overpowered them. Disgraceful. China invented gunpowder and they had to import guns from foreign nations. This is what happens when you turn your back on science and believe in mystical nonsense.
China had only themselves to blame.
The Europeans great powers contacted them a century before Japan. Yet they scoffed at the changing wind and failed to modernize while Japan one century later shook by Perry's bombardment of Tokyo harbor, it only took them several decades to achieve a comparable level of Europe modernization. While Europe still underestimated Japan (looking at Russian Empire), everybody had to think twice before challenged them for war (Every body, Russian. Every! Body!)
China in the 19th century was like Taliban today, progressing backward.
@@SerBallister They will turn blind eyes. Look at the Jakarta Gangrape of 1998. China didn't lift any finger. They sent only one factfinding delegation who just parroting Indonesian government denial and coverups.
@@gorilladisco9108 Not sure it's as easy now with the internet. Even the CPC would find it difficult to manage the injured pride of 1.4bn people.
This channel deserves far more subscribers than it has. It's great to see such undercovered topics having quality videos made about them. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much! Next project will the Emperor Puyi :)
Always Great! Thanks!
Thank yo for an EXCELLENT Presentation. I always wondered what started the Boxer Rebellion, and now thanks to your programmes, I understand!
Amazing video man! Great to see this video uploaded so soon when I need it.
Thanks!
Great video! Already waiting for the next!
Thanks! Can't tell when I'll release the next one, It's probably going to be a long one :)
Very interesting and well narrated. Many thanks...
I'm glad you liked it :)
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Amazing videos, very informative and i was hooked from start to finish.
fantastic video as always
Thanks!
Fascinating and superb presentation, thank you.
I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
20:39 Boxers on Trial: there is a picture of a Chinese man in sunglasses. That is very rare to see in a picture from the earliest 1900s. They almost look fake because it seems so weird in a black and white photo lol.
Awesome 2 part video on the Boxer Rebellion 👍
nice visual presentation.
LOVE THE VIDEOS! Ties in with my collection of historical Qing and Republican coins!
Cheers!
@@History_of_China Hey. Could you do more Three Kingdoms videos in future? Personally,however, for starters, instead of about of the big shots like Guan Yu or Lu Bu, I'd like to see episodes about some lesser know characters like Xu Chu, Huang Zhong and Zhang Jue
Was that Charlton Heston in one of the stills? And David Niven? Some images must be taken from some movie.
@ColonelMarcellus: 55 days at Peking (1963)
Excellent content. Liked.
Thank you!
Thanks for this - appreciate your efforts!!
Glad you liked it :)
Wow an all women’s boxer group, very cool! Your research is outstanding!
I can see why China today feels the need to defend itself against western countries. To be bullied constantly and give in to every demand is not only humiliating but also exhausting. I can’t imagine living in China in the 1800s-WW2. The citizens really felt the brunt of what was happening.
Cause china was weak. They like to sleep like a dragon while others countries conquer thems.
No issue if China would want to become stronger and wealthier. It's the country's right to do so.
But... I am against China's policy of forcefully taking contested territories by the use of force, bullying weaker surrounding countries, and dumping their people's poop on the sea floor loaded on big ships actively destroying the marine life on that location.
That's just barbaric!
@@omathitis8498 yeah I agree, but the US is no different in that regard. We do impose our will on other countries as well. There is a long list of dirty deeds that the US has done, but then again most governments have evil secrets.
chinese people don’t seem to understand that the uk or japan of 21st century is not the same uk or japan back then though
China didn't and don't want to follow rules and conducts between sovereign nations. It will be only time before another hard lessons will be dictated to them.
Your content and story are amazing. It's educational and entertainment. It's better than learnning in the class or take Online education. Keep up the good work. Smart producer speak excellent Eng.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy my work :)
I've made a playlist about Chinese history and you dominate most of it
truly spectacular work keep it up
Thank you so much!
Excellent documentary videos. Thank you very much.
Glad you liked them :)
On July 1962 in Quicksand, Adams County, Illinois, I and my 2 brothers and my sister went to the local movie theater to see “ 55 days of Peking” in true historical story of Boxers Rebellion in Peking, China as I barely was 10 years old.
Muy buen trabajo, enhorabuena desde España
Such a great humiliation event to the Manchus. Rong Lu sounds like a traitor. Cixi was too busy protecting her self interest than the nation. No wonder people attributed the fall of the Qing to her...how sad.
What an excellent two part series. It is quite remarkable that the Chinese tolerated the imposed presence of foreign powers for so long.
I'm not a Mandarin speaker, but I enjoyed your (I expect) proper pronunciation go Chinese names and places. May I ask your nationality? I'm guessing British-educated Hong Kong Chinese.
Thank you! I'm actually half-French, half-British :)
Cixi is pronounced completely wrong, it should be chi-shi or tzi-shi, not sui-shi.
Eccellente! Grazie!
I no absolutely no Chinese, but wow, you’re pronunciation sounds perfect! Especially the Empress’ name.
Thanks! I try my best :)
The empress 'name is completely wrong, Cixi should be chi-shi or tzi-shi, not sui-shi.
very interesting and good video, I learned a lot
Thanks! Glad to hear it :)
@@History_of_China you're welcome. I love this channel more and more
This really well done..thanks!
Glad you enjoyed!
Underrated channel
Excellent job explaining this important time period.
Thank you!
amazing work
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Congratulations for 25k + subscribers - I myself just subscribed after discovering your interesting videos! Looking forward to new ones ^_^
so basically a pre ww1 scenario except all those nations would be allies in the land they set theme selfs in and may have paved the way for those future battles
Saint Anna wang was a 14 year-old Chinese Christian girl who did not abandoned her faith. She was seen comforting the other folks who were about to be executed by singing hymns and telling them how glorious the kingdom of heaven more numerous and glittering than the stars above. Her last words she uttered hailing Christ the Lord of all lords and prayed for her people and those who will follow the example of Christ. She was martyred by the papacy eighty years later.
Great stuff History!
Thanks!
I am so glad they used portions from "55 Days in Peking"
“….Particularly barbaric behaviour was observed by Russian, German & Japanese troops”…
And 40 yrs later, those exact three would commit (by far) the greatest # of war crimes….
Great video ！ thanks ：）
Very well done!
Cheers!
As an overseas chinese, I've read about the Boxer Rebellion but never as detailed as these part 1 & 2 combined, thanks for your hard works. Although initially, the utra nationalists only had spears and swords, they must have accumulated much firearms to have fought so long and hard and it's not humiliating that they lost in the end to the multi-nations assaults as they did win many rounds of fights too against the well equiped foreigners
I still find it so bizarre that these nations, that would destroyed each other in just a few years, worked together. I guess Imperialism, not love, conquers all
excellent video!
Thanks!
Great if you could do a documentary on the pelolnesian war, the ones on here aren't very engaging
It’s strange how history seems to repeat itself after 120 years.
China has had a pretty consistent history of imperialism and xenophobia towards foreign influence and religion, and will happily massacre any non Han or anyone who believes a foreign religion like Islam or Christianity. The US also has a track record of imperialism when it comes to protecting and extending their trading empire.
Russia too has a rather long history of preemptively crushing potential threats and attacking people with warm water ports they can use (poland, Ukraine, china).
A good book about why alot of these countries behave the way they do id the book "prisoners of geography" by Tim Marshal
@@arthas640 you are talking nonsense. A troop of the boxer rebellion were Chinese Muslims as said in the video. BTW, Han Chinese is composed of different peoples who practice the same culture. It's not a race per se.
@@arthas640 the european try force state religion on China, and more than willing to kill for it, so stuff happen.
@@weishi9804 They didnt enforce state religion. China already had Christians in the country and the British were the only ones to gain a concession allowing missionaries. The missionaries too werent from a "State Religion", the Brits did send some Anglican missionaries but there were Catholics and quite a few other protestant sects and even the Anglicans later pushed for local rather than foreign controlled churches in China. By the time of the Xinhai Revolution many of the Churches were locally run, even many evangelicals realized pretty quickly that China was too large and too different culturally to be converted or lead by foreign churches which is why even the Catholics appointed local bishops and today the PRC selects its own bishops and a majority of the churches are native rather than foreign.
By the time Europeans started conquering China and enforcing unequal treaties the governments were increasingly secular and after seeing things like the opposition prior to the first Opium War and resistance to legalize missionaries then, and later the Taiping rebellion and massacres and riots aimed at Christian churches made governments hesitant to try and enforce religion in China. The Europeans were able to enforce religion in parts of Africa but had far less luck in Asia and saw it backfire routinely in the form of resentment, riots, or even rebellions so it was never a serious goal. The much stronger Muslim presence in China, China's long history of state control/regulation of religion, strongly opposing ethics, and xenophobia all made it difficult to make any headway and even before the Chinese Civil War and take over of China by the communists Christianity was a small minority distrusted by many Chinese and the churches were so diverse, scattered, and largely natively run that even if the Churches were established as European agents to control China they wouldnt even be able to influence a single city much less the country. Sun Yat-sen is one of the only Chinese Christians to ever gain much power and even he was strongly opposed to foreign rule of China.
@@arthas640 For Chinese, all those are Cross bearing zealots. They might not be state religion, they were so much worse.
Boxer were developed within German Regions due to German policy (who replaced their earthly father/Village older with Father of heaven at gun point, and renovate local shrine to Church with big Cross by force.), the Boxer later expand toward Beijing.
Are there any movies depicting this conflict??
The ony one I know is 55 days at Peking (1963), but it is quite dated
This actually pointed out that the Russian gains in Manchuria were a direct factor in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904/05. Russian moves to move south and toward Japan earlier were as big an issue as Japanese dreams of empire.
the struggle never ends...
The slaughter never ends
Three future British Admirals of the Fleet served in the relief force Jellicoe and Betty who commanded the Royal Navy at the Battle of Jutland in WW1; and Admiral Keyes who led the Conservative members of the House of Commons attack on the Chamberlain Government in the Norway Debate 7th May, 1940.
as expected of the 2 (of three) catholic nations in the alliance, the french and italians defending the rights of catholics and cathedrals regardless of nation or ethnicity!
Thank you for your great history video
Glad you enjoyed!
again very good
Ty for the well researched and informative video. I have still yet to check out your other videos, but wholeheartedly look forward to doing so.
When I first saw this was a video dedicated to the history of China, I was fearful the videos narrative would be skewed in favour of the Chinese, but I am happy to see this is a channel dedicated purely to the facts. At the end of the day, both sides darn goofed and it goes to show a progressive mentality can be extremely beneficial. Just Imagine how China could be today had they changed their way of thinking such as the Japanese some 2 decades prior to take advantage of everything the foreign powers had to offer.
i wish that the boxer won instead. the world would be better off today because of it.
@@jhonviel7381 lmao no. Have a quick looksy over the other side of the world at South Africa. In the 1st Boer war the Boers won. Then the British returned with troops in the 10s of thousands. They won and held onto it until giving it independence in the past century.
Now let's have a think what would have happened had the boxers won and what China would look like today because of it huh...
@@idealicfool ...No country actually wins their independence after so long. They just put the right puppets in charge so they can keep control, while telling the masses they are now independent.
On another note. What a great video. I think it would be very interesting if you went a bit into depth about the New Policies that began after the Boxer Uprising.
I highly recommend the book China: How the empire fell. It was edited by Joseph W Esherick. It's a bit difficult to get your hands on but I know a way to get it, for free.
Thank you! I'll probably talk about them briefly in my Emperor Puyi video :)
20:44 is that a hint of whats to come?
Somewhat! More exactly 21:00 :)
Timely video for me.....just began reading the book "The Siege at Peking" by Peter Fleming.....which so far seems a tad "commercial" so I'm glad you listed reference books. Am interested in any books on the forces/weaponry employed by the combatants. Read your response to a question in the comments where you stated the Qing would have been defeated by the western powers had they fought on. Personally I think while that's certainly a possibility.....I'm not sure it's a done deal. Seems the Empress kind of caved in to the idea it was hopeless to continue fighting and decided to hang on to power at any cost. Had she remained resolute in resisting foreign domination I'm wondering what kind of forces did she control or have the potential to acquire. Just seems that with such a large country ......so immensely populated and if largely motivated to hate and drive the foreigners out.....things would have been a bit sticky for the western powers to say the least. All their forces would have to be supplied from no short distance at best. Given the right or at least decent generalship/organization....and using the right tactics I'm thinking the Chinese could have made things a ongoing living hell for the western powers. I'm brainstorming doing a wargame on the subject and of coarse want to do it as realistically as possible......with all aspects.....i,e.....logistics....resources etc. Will the books you mentioned help me towards that goal? Great video's here....feel I really lucked up finding your channel.....I'll be immersed here for some time to come at least.
Hi, thanks a lot! Sorry for the late response, the references I put will definitely help somewhat on your project, but finding information of logistics and resources for the Qing/Boxer side will definitely be harder. I'd also be careful about using chinese sources from that period and from today alike, since there is still a lot of ideology involving the portrayal of this conflict. In anycase I like the idea of your poject! Thanks for following :)
@@History_of_China No prob......not late .....thanks for responding......I'm sure your a lot busier than me.......I agree about sources......I don't really trust any much........unless there backed up by other writers and preferably similar to the "other sides" version. Stay Safe and Healthy SM
excellent history
thanks for the video man plus what is the song at the end?
Glad you liked it! The outro is "Lotus Lane" by the loyalist. The music I use in my videos is always referenced in the description by order :)
Your French is absolutely flawless!
Thanks ;)
👍👍 Keep up !
Hey, I just wanna give suggestion that if you could do a military equipment video of Qing army in the 1700’s that would be great! Not many really know what they wear or use so giving us some info on it would be great :)
Hi, I might talk about it in the future, since I'll probably make a video/series about the evolution of the historical Chinese military
What about Dan Daley who won the Medal Of Honor
If it’s any consolation, my family left Germany in disgust of Emperor Wilhelm II in 1873 after centuries of loyal service to the Hessian tribe and subsequent kingdoms. We had no part in German oppression of the Chinese, Jews or any other colonial group.
can please give more details
@@erica8332 After the Boxer rebellion, German troops were very abusive to the Chinese. Even the Kaiser approved of their behavior to “etch in the Chinese mind” not to mess with Germans.
Since when did "Sensible" become a military rank?
I believe we are of similarities in the noticing of such specific word choice(s).
Look at all these nations getting along for a common fight against the rebels
Are there any records of the Chinese apologetic delegation to Germany? It would be quite interesting to read about the experience of highranking Chinese officials seeing for the first time the lands of the by them assumed "barbarians" with their own eyes.
With Germany being an at the time rather recently completely modernized young nation that had itself, by its own popular perception of the time, just awoken from a millennia lasting slumber of perceived security and invincibility from the outside world, similar to the conservative Chinese sentiments about their own place in the world, it would be quite interesting to read about their experiences and thoughts
There must be historical records of the event, though I'm not to sure on where to find them. However, here's an article that talks about the diplomatic mission (at page 35) www.gcpd.de/publication/wuli03/meng.pdf
The Chinese will never forget and will never forgive.
the world has moved on .... stop using history as an excuse for current aggressiveness
@@Nerosink2000 原谅你们是上帝的事情，我们只想复仇
What's the music at the end bro?
If you're talking about the outro, it's "Lotus Lane" by The Loyalist. I reference the music used in the description by order :)
Wonderful
One thing thats intriguing for me is how 🇯🇵 managed to place itself as the only Asian country in the sea of European/US powers against the purportedly Asian Big Bro
Korea was occupied by Japan, India and Burma by the British, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia by the French, Indonesia by the Dutch and Thailand/Siam were quite isolationist and had few commercial or diplomatic interests in China, unlike Japan. So Japan was the only Asian country taking part.
@@luxborealis And The US has the Philippines under its possession.
"Violent Occupation of the City" was the norm since the dawn of time, even among the Chinese civil wars!
It’s truly a sign of impotency that you see that description as an attack against you and no doubt your race.
Just a question, the Wuwei Corps (The army that escorted the Imperial court to Xi'an) were they the most moderenized army of the Qing at that time? Or did Yuan Shikai command the most modern army at that time?
Do you think the Qing would have been able to defeat or at least create a stalemate in the war with the help of the Wuwei Corps and Yuan Shikai's army?
Yuan Shikai's army was technically part of the Wuwei corps. But they were probably the best trained/equipped of the time, as Yuan was constantly drilling them and investing in the force.
Had Yuan Shikai fought against the 8 nation-alliance, they certainly would have struggled much more, but the Qing would have eventually be defeated by the alliance's reinforcements nonetheless. Yuan however maintained good relations with the West, especially the Germans and British, as they could give him and his army influence from Jiazhou and Weihaiwei, respectively.